2017 Moto3 World Championship

The 2017 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

2017 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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2017 MotoGP World Championship
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Joan Mir (pictured in 2023) was the 2017 Moto3 Champion.

Brad Binder was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.

The riders' championship title was won by Leopard Racing rider Joan Mir with 10 victories and 13 podiums finishes.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2017.^[1]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March ‡	Grand Prix of Qatar[2]	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	9 April	Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina[3]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3	23 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[4]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4	7 May	Gran Premio Red Bull de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	21 May	HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France[5]	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7	11 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	25 June	Motul TT Assen[6]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	2 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[7]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	6 August	Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky[8]	Brno Circuit, Brno
11	13 August	NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12	27 August	Octo British Grand Prix[9]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	10 September	Gran Premio Tribul MasterCard di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[10]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	24 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[11]	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	15 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[12]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	22 October	Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[13]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	29 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18	12 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[14]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race

Calendar changes

• The Austrian and Czech Republic Grand Prix swapped places, with the Czech Republic hosting the tenth round, while Austria hosts the eleventh round.
• The British Grand Prix was scheduled to move from Silverstone to the new Circuit of Wales, but construction on the new track had not commenced.^[15] The two circuits reached a deal that would have seen Silverstone continue to host the British Grand Prix in 2017, with an option to host the 2018 race.^[9]

Teams and riders

A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016.^[16] All teams used Dunlop tyres.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot Peugeot MGP3O 4 Patrik Pulkkinen[17] All 84 Jakub Kornfeil[17] All Marinelli Rivacold Snipers Honda Honda NSF250RW 5 Romano Fenati[17] All 95 Jules Danilo[17] All AGR Team KTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera[17] 1–14 Cuna de Campeones KTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera 18 15 Jaume Masiá 14 Mahindra Motard Aspar Aspar Mahindra Moto3 Mahindra MRW Aspar Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 6 María Herrera[18] 16–17 31 Raúl Fernández[19] 4 31 Raúl Fernández[20] 8–9 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta[21] All 75 Albert Arenas[22] 1–6, 10–15, 18 SIC Racing Team Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 7 Adam Norrodin[23] All 9 Kasma Daniel 17 71 Ayumu Sasaki[23] All Sky Racing Team VR46 Sky Junior Team VR46 Academy KTM KTM RC250GP 8 Nicolò Bulega[24] All 10 Dennis Foggia 14, 18 16 Andrea Migno[25] All Motomex Team Moto3 Platinum Bay Real Estate KTM KTM RC250GP 10 Dennis Foggia[26] 10 15 Jaume Masiá 11–13 18 Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego[27] 3, 10–11 40 Darryn Binder[17] 1–9, 14–18 42 Marcos Ramírez[17] All Leopard Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 11 Livio Loi[28] 1–13, 15–18 36 Joan Mir[28] All 37 Aaron Polanco 14 CIP Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12 Marco Bezzecchi[17] All 96 Manuel Pagliani[29] All Motorsport Kofler E.U. KTM KTM RC250GP 13 Maximilian Kofler 11 Sic58 Squadra Corse[30] Honda Honda NSF250RW 14 Tony Arbolino[17] All 24 Tatsuki Suzuki[17] All British Talent Team Honda Honda NSF250RW 17 John McPhee[17] All RBA Boé Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 19 Gabriel Rodrigo[17] 1–5, 7–18 58 Juan Francisco Guevara[17] All Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio[31] All 88 Jorge Martín[31] All Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 23 Niccolò Antonelli[32] 1–8, 10–18 52 Danny Kent[33] 5 52 Danny Kent[34] 9 64 Bo Bendsneyder[32] All Honda Team Asia Asia Talent Team Honda Honda NSF250RW 27 Kaito Toba[17] All 39 Kazuki Masaki 18 41 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat[17] All Lamotec Lagemaat Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 28 Ryan Van de Lagemaat[35] 8 3570-MTA Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 30 Edoardo Sintoni[36] 6 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 33 Enea Bastianini[37] All 44 Arón Canet[37] All City Lifting RS Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 47 Jake Archer[38] 12 69 Tom Booth-Amos[38] 12 Althea Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 51 Kevin Zannoni 13 Minimoto Portomaggiore Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 57 Alex Fabbri 13 Reale Avintia Academy KTM KTM RC250GP 63 Vicente Pérez[19] 4, 7 Südmetall Schedl GP Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 65 Philipp Öttl[17] All Cube Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 70 Tom Toparis 15–16 Freudenberg Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 77 Tim Georgi[34] 9–10 42 Motorsport KTM KTM RC250GP 81 Aleix Viu[39] 7

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team changes

• Paolo Simoncelli's team Sic58 Squadra Corse made their Moto3 debut, fielding two Honda NSF250RWs for Tony Arbolino and Tatsuki Suzuki.^[30]
• 3570 Team Italia left Moto3 for the Supersport 300 World Championship.
• After spending the previous season in Moto3, RW Racing GP switched to Moto2.
• AGR Team fielded one bike in Moto3, after spending the previous season in Moto2 with two bikes.
• After entering the 2016 season with three bikes, both Leopard Racing and Sky Racing Team VR46 reverted to two bikes in 2017.
• After spending the previous season with Mahindra, Platinum Bay Real Estate changed bikes to KTM.
• Ongetta-Rivacold changed their name to Snipers Team, with Marinelli Rivacold as their main sponsor.

Rider changes

• After spending two seasons as a replacement rider, Lorenzo Dalla Porta has made his full season debut with Aspar Mahindra Moto3, filling in the seat vacated by Francesco Bagnaia who moved up to Moto2.
• Romano Fenati, who was fired from Valentino Rossi's team Sky Racing Team VR46 midway through last season due to behavioral issues, landed a ride with Snipers Team for the 2017 season.
• Niccolò Antonelli left Ongetta-Rivacold (now called Snipers Team) to join Red Bull KTM Ajo, replacing Brad Binder who moved up to Moto2.
• Enea Bastianini moved to Estrella Galicia 0,0, filling in the seat vacated by Jorge Navarro who moves up to Moto2, with Jorge Martín replacing Bastianini in Gresini Racing Moto3.
• John McPhee moved to a brand new UK-based team backed by Dorna, GB Team with Jakub Kornfeil replacing him at Peugeot MC Saxoprint.
• María Herrera has moved to AGR Team, who decided to field one bike in Moto3. Herrera previously rode for her own team in 2016 after taking over the assets of Team Laglisse.
• Tony Arbolino has made his Moto3 debut with the new Moto3 team Sic58 Squadra Corse, having rode for the team in 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship.
• 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, Ayumu Sasaki made his Moto3 debut with SIC Racing Team, filling the seat vacated by Jakub Kornfeil.
• After spending the previous season as a replacement rider for Peugeot MC Saxoprint, Albert Arenas made his full season debut with Aspar Mahindra Moto3, filling the seat vacated by Jorge Martín.
• Tatsuki Suzuki moved to the new team Sic58 Squadra Corse, with both Marco Bezzecchi and Manuel Pagliani made their Moto3 full season debut, filling in the two seats vacated by Suzuki and Fabio Spiranelli at CIP-Unicom Starker.
• Patrik Pulkkinen made his Moto3 debut, joining Peugeot MC Saxoprint.
• Livio Loi moved to Leopard Racing, filling in the seat vacated by both Fabio Quartararo and Andrea Locatelli who moved up to Moto2.
• Both Kaito Toba and Nakarin Atiratphuvapat set to make their Moto3 debut with Honda Team Asia, being promoted from Asia Talent Team Academy after Hiroki Ono left the team and Khairul Idham Pawi got promoted to Moto2.
• Enzo Boulom, who was on the provisional entry list as Wildcard & Replacement Rider, withdrew from the championship.

Mid-season changes

• Danny Kent returned to Moto3 after leaving Kiefer Racing in Moto2. After joining Red Bull KTM Ajo as a wildcard at the French GP, at Germany, Kent also replaced Niccolò Antonelli at the same team.
• Darryn Binder was replaced by Dennis Foggia at the Czech GP. Jaume Masiá replaced him for 3 rounds.
• AGR Team folded its operations in both Moto2 and Moto3 following the Aragon GP due to financial issues coupled with poor performance throughout the 2017 season. For the Australian and Malaysian rounds, María Herrera replaced Albert Arenas at the Aspar team. At the Valencia GP, Arenas returned.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín[a]	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
2	Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	John McPhee	Romano Fenati	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
3	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Arón Canet	Arón Canet	Romano Fenati	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Honda	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín	Andrea Migno	Arón Canet	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín	Joan Mir	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín[b]	Arón Canet	Andrea Migno	Sky Racing Team VR46	KTM	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín	Jorge Martín	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
8	Dutch TT	Jorge Martín	Arón Canet	Arón Canet	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Arón Canet	Joan Mir[c]	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
10	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Gabriel Rodrigo	Joan Mir	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
11	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	Gabriel Rodrigo	Jaume Masiá	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Romano Fenati	Jorge Martín	Arón Canet	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Enea Bastianini[d]	Romano Fenati	Romano Fenati	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Honda	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Nicolò Bulega	Romano Fenati	Romano Fenati	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Honda	Report
16	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín	Gabriel Rodrigo	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Joan Mir	Adam Norrodin	Joan Mir	Leopard Racing	Honda	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Martín	Marcos Ramírez	Jorge Martín	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Joan Mir Honda 1 1 8 3 1 7 1 9 1 1 1 5 2 1 17 1 1 2 341 2 Romano Fenati Honda 5 7 1 2 Ret 13 2 2 2 2 13 7 1 10 1 6 7 4 248 3 Arón Canet Honda 4 11 Ret 1 2 5 5 1 Ret 3 5 1 Ret 5 5 NC 8 9 199 4 Jorge Martín Honda 3 3 2 9 Ret 15 3 4 DNS DNS 3 3 Ret 4 15 3 2 1 196 5 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 8 Ret 3 5 3 2 7 Ret 11 21 6 10 3 2 7 Ret 9 Ret 153 6 Enea Bastianini Honda 16 27 4 8 6 11 4 Ret 6 17 10 2 14 3 16 5 3 5 141 7 John McPhee Honda 2 2 7 Ret 12 6 12 3 Ret 6 Ret 13 Ret 6 10 Ret 5 8 131 8 Marcos Ramírez KTM 9 13 16 4 4 9 6 6 3 7 12 Ret 12 7 14 21 17 3 123 9 Andrea Migno KTM 6 5 12 6 8 1 8 14 16 11 21 8 9 11 13 14 6 16 118 10 Philipp Öttl KTM Ret 4 9 DNS 21 14 13 11 5 13 2 9 4 9 6 13 16 15 105 11 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM Ret 9 6 10 5 3 17 12 12 5 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 23 13 6 88 12 Nicolò Bulega KTM 14 16 5 7 17 10 9 10 4 23 11 20 5 14 12 11 Ret DNS 81 13 Livio Loi Honda 12 6 15 16 16 23 25 21 7 27 4 6 DNS 19 2 4 27 80 14 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 15 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 8 9 8 Ret 11 Ret 13 4 9 Ret 11 71 15 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 26 23 DNS 11 9 12 15 Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 6 17 9 16 10 12 65 16 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM DNS Ret 11 13 DNS Ret 7 Ret 26 7 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 14 Ret 54 17 Adam Norrodin Honda 10 17 19 Ret DNS 18 18 Ret 13 9 8 12 Ret 15 Ret 8 11 17 42 18 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 7 Ret 14 22 Ret 16 11 DNS 24 Ret 16 Ret 18 2 Ret Ret 14 38 19 Darryn Binder KTM 13 12 10 20 Ret 4 Ret 13 10 22 20 24 Ret DNS 35 20 Ayumu Sasaki Honda 11 20 18 15 19 8 16 15 17 15 18 18 Ret 16 Ret 7 12 13 32 21 Jules Danilo Honda 17 22 13 12 7 Ret Ret 5 14 Ret 16 22 Ret 20 18 Ret Ret 19 29 22 Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 20 18 23 18 11 20 22 17 18 20 20 23 7 25 8 12 21 18 26 23 Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 25 19 17 Ret 15 17 14 16 15 22 Ret 19 Ret 19 3 Ret 19 28 20 24 Dennis Foggia KTM 14 8 7 19 25 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 18 24 24 21 13 24 21 18 23 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 17 18 21 16 26 Albert Arenas Mahindra Ret 25 21 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 27 8 27 DNS 23 14 27 Jaume Masiá KTM 9 Ret 10 21 13 28 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 23 Ret 26 19 14 19 19 Ret 19 19 Ret 17 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret 20 9 29 Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 22 21 25 27 18 22 20 Ret 20 25 19 15 11 23 Ret 15 15 22 8 30 Kaito Toba Honda 19 10 Ret 17 Ret 25 23 19 21 29 15 Ret Ret 28 21 20 20 24 7 31 Kazuki Masaki Honda 10 6 32 Danny Kent KTM 10 Ret 6 33 Alex Fabbri Mahindra 13 3 34 Tony Arbolino Honda 24 14 20 23 22 21 24 Ret Ret 16 17 25 Ret 26 23 18 22 25 2 35 María Herrera KTM 21 15 22 24 20 26 26 20 26 Ret 22 26 DNS DNS 26 1 Mahindra 19 24 36 Tim Georgi KTM 24 18 0 37 Tom Booth-Amos KTM 21 0 38 Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot Ret 26 27 26 23 27 27 22 25 30 24 24 Ret 29 22 Ret 23 29 0 39 Tom Toparis KTM 24 22 0 40 Raúl Fernández Mahindra 25 Ret 22 0 41 Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 0 42 Aaron Polanco Honda 24 0 43 Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego KTM 28 28 Ret 0 44 Aleix Viu KTM 28 0 Vicente Pérez KTM Ret Ret 0 Edoardo Sintoni Mahindra Ret 0 Ryan van de Lagemaat KTM Ret 0 Jake Archer KTM Ret 0 Kevin Zannoni KTM Ret 0 Kasma Daniel Honda Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	445
2	KTM	6	4	5	4	4	1	6	6	3	4	2	4	4	7	2	4	6	3	248
3	Mahindra	22	19	17	14	14	17	14	16	15	12	19	15	8	19	3	10	15	20	43
4	Peugeot	20	18	23	18	11	20	22	17	18	20	20	23	7	25	8	12	21	18	26
Pos	Constructor	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Notes

1. Grid formed by each rider's best time from any of the three free practice sessions held, after rain cancelled the planned qualifying session.^[40][41]
2. Jorge Martín, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 12-place grid penalty for a riding infringement during free practice. John McPhee started the race from pole position, although Martín was still credited with pole position.^[42]
3. Romano Fenati and Joan Mir both set the fastest lap time of 1:27.340 during the race.^[43] Per the championship's sporting regulations, the second fastest time by each rider was taken into consideration, and Mir was credited with fastest lap.
4. Enea Bastianini, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 3-place grid penalty. Jorge Martín started the race from pole position, although Bastianini was still credited with pole position.^[44]